Explain about language acquisition for the children? And give the example on how the children acquire the language for your explanation?

Explain about language acquisition for the children? And give the example on how the children acquire the language for your explanation?

wikipedia.org (2012) : Language acquisition is the process by which humans acquire the capacity to perceive and comprehend language, as well as to produce and use words to communicate.

linguistlist.org (2012): Language acquisition for childrend is very different with adult style in acquiring a language. They don’t use language like adults. Their acquiring language is gradual, lengthy process, and one that involves a lot of apparent 'errors'. And then children will learn to speak the dialect(s) and language(s) that are used around them. Children usually begin by speaking like their parents or caregivers, but once they start to mix with other children (especially from the age of about 3 years) they start to speak like friends their own age.

So, the time that is used by children to acquire the language perfectly is not in a short-term. But, they need the lengthy time. Children will develop their own strategies for learning whatever they find relevant to learn around them, including language.

Children will acquire the language and can speak almost like adults for 4-6 years. They will learn about the pronunciations and then words before they learn in sentences. When they learn the pronunciation, vowel sounds are easier for them, e.g. a.i.u.e.o. than consonants. They usually say aaaaa, abbaa, aawa, aaii, ouu,, etc. that include more vowels than consonants. And then after they learnt the pronunciation. The next step is learning words. Some adults will use the object to describe about what they mean when they are trying to communicate or talk to the children. For example when they say “banana” while showing them a real banana. And children will get the point, then they will try to pronounce it, e.g. anana, nana, bana, etc. or the adults (parents) say “bapak” or “the name of father” by indicating “who is their father”. And in other times, when they are asked about “where is your father?” or “who is your father name?” they will be able to answer it and try to speak although in poor vocabulary or pronunciation, for example: when they want to say “bapak” they may call it “apak, papa, etc. and sometimes, this case may causes a new word or vocabulary in a language. And It is why language is dynamic one. And after they are familiar or know about the words or vocabularies, they will try to use it in the sentence forms. And they do not care with the grammar that they use. For example: “mama sapi adek” but the meaning is “ini sapi adek, mama” not “mama adalah sapi adek”. And then, they will develop the language in a good or complex-sentences by the times.

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wikipedia.org. 2012. Language Acquisition. Available on: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Language_acquisition. Accessed on: 13^th February 2012.

linguistlist.org. 2012. Language Acquisition. Available on:http://linguistlist.org/ask-ling/lang-acq.cfm. Accessed on: 13^th February 2012.